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astronauts in these capsules. >> brown: that's the hope, right? i went back to look at the piece you did for us a few weeks ago and you had elan musk gushing. i'm talking about sending ultimately tens of thousands, eventually millions of people to mars and help the going out there and exploring the stars. >> thinking big. (laughs) >> brown: he's not a small-minded fellow. >> there might be a bit of hyperbole but he does envision a world in which space travel is more routine. there's a lot of people who care a lot about space who say this is the first step right now it costs $10,000 a pound, if you were still flying the shuttle, to put anything in space. $10,000 a pound. supposedly it can happen below $1,000 a pound. if that happens it can open up new ideas for what you can do in space. >> brown: what is the timing for something like that? at least to start down that road? >> well, he's doing this for pennies on the dollar already compared to a typical shuttle mission. the shuttle was a very complicated, expensive craft. it did a lot of things, it
astronauts in these capsules. >> brown: that's the hope, right? i went back to look at the piece you did for us a few weeks ago and you had elan musk gushing. i'm talking about sending ultimately tens of thousands, eventually millions of people to mars and help the going out there and exploring the stars. >> thinking big. (laughs) >> brown: he's not a small-minded fellow. >> there might be a bit of hyperbole but he does envision a world in which space travel is more...
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good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the crisis as european leaders ended their summit without agreement on concrete solutions. >> brown: plus, we ask how europe's instability could affect the u.s. especially as it deals with its own fiscal crisis. >> woodruff: then, paul solman asks an age-old question: will new technology make human workers obsolete? >> there are factorys where robots do almost all of the work. >> and lights out? why is it called lights out? >> because you don't need lighting in a place run by robots. >> brown: margaret warner looks at the case against the pakistani doctor jailed for 33 years after helping the c.i.a. capture osama bin laden. >> woodruff: and ray suarez has the story of a columbia university professor's fight to prove an innocent man was executed in texas. >> there was not a sled of forensic in evidence this case, even though the crime scene was a very small confined area that was just doused in blood, there was not even a microscopic drop
good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the crisis as european leaders ended their summit without agreement on concrete solutions. >> brown: plus, we ask how europe's instability could affect the u.s. especially as it deals with its own fiscal crisis. >> woodruff: then, paul solman asks an age-old question: will new technology make human workers obsolete? >> there are factorys where...
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: we have the latest on this historic day, coming 15 months after the ouster of president hosni mubarak. >> ifill: then, we look at the facebook fallout as the social media giant's market debut falters out of the gate. >> brown: we have two on-the- ground reports on europe's economic troubles from spain anr eeee, , ererausterity measurur are e ttttg g me for ordinary citizens. >> ifill: we examine the iran nuclear talks in baghdad as world powers float a proposal to curb tehran's enrichment program. >> brown: and we close with the diamond anniversary of an american treasure. spthe story of building san francisco's golden gate bridge. >> it's not all celebration, a 75-year-old controversy has flared anew over who should get the credit for designing this spectacular bridge. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this pr
. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: we have the latest on this historic day, coming 15 months after the ouster of president hosni mubarak. >> ifill: then, we look at the facebook fallout as the social media giant's market debut falters out of the gate. >> brown: we have two on-the- ground reports on europe's economic troubles from spain anr eeee, , ererausterity measurur are e ttttg g me for ordinary citizens. >> ifill: we examine the...
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>> with love. >> brown: with love. all right, katy daley, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> brown: and there's more online, including an interview with doc watson. you'll find that on our home page. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: a new atrocity surfaced in syria. the bodies of 13 people, found bound and shot, in an eastern province. the discovery followed friday's massacre of 108 people in houla. and growing fears about europe's financial situation triggered a stock sell-off on both sides of the atlantic. the dow industrials lost more than 160 points. online, we have a look at the unprecedented conviction and punishment for liberia's former head of state. kwame holman explains. kwame? >> holman: margaret warner explores what charles taylor's 50-year sentence may or may not mean for africa. that's on our world page. judy and political editor christina bellantoni look at mitt romney's new ipad app. that's on this weeks political checklist on our homepage. and as part of our continuin
>> with love. >> brown: with love. all right, katy daley, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> brown: and there's more online, including an interview with doc watson. you'll find that on our home page. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: a new atrocity surfaced in syria. the bodies of 13 people, found bound and shot, in an eastern province. the discovery followed friday's massacre of 108 people in houla. and growing fears about...
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jeffrey brown recently talked with her about it and her life of writing. >> brown: she would win the nobel prize for literature in 1993 and become known internationally. but in the early 1950s, toni morrison was a young student, and aspiring actress, in fact, at howard university in washington, d.c., just learning about the wider world. >> i was so confident and capable. the future was, you know, right there at your fingertips. and i was so happy to be among what i hadn't had when i was in ohio, african-american intellectuals. and that was the company i wanted to keep, and i found it here at howard. >> brown: in her new, novel, "home," morrison has revisited the early '50s, telling the story of frank money, one of many black soldiers returning from the korean war to pre-civil rights era america. hearing that his sister is dying, money makes his way across a country filled with institutional and casual racism, heading for the rural georgia town he thought he'd escaped and where he would never return. unlike her memories of her college years, it's not a happy portrait. and when we talk
jeffrey brown recently talked with her about it and her life of writing. >> brown: she would win the nobel prize for literature in 1993 and become known internationally. but in the early 1950s, toni morrison was a young student, and aspiring actress, in fact, at howard university in washington, d.c., just learning about the wider world. >> i was so confident and capable. the future was, you know, right there at your fingertips. and i was so happy to be among what i hadn't had when i...